Why Tcl/Tk?

[Robert Kern]

Jerry He wrote:
> I'm a little curious, why does most scripting
> languges(i.e. python and ruby) use Tcl/Tk rather than
> wx or Fox as its standard GUI?

Way back in the day, wx and Fox didn't exist (at least not in a usable 
form) while Tcl/Tk was rock-solid stable.

> Although I did notice
> that the Vpython IDE that uses Tkinker starts up a lot
> faster than the DrPython IDE that uses wxpython. But
> that makes no sense, Tk is based on Tcl, a scripting
> language, but wx is written in C++. 

Scripting language != slow.
C++ != fast.

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